>1. Check the rules: Please take a moment to review our rules, Reddiquette, and Reddit’s Content Policy.
>2. Clear question in the title: Make sure your question is clear and placed in the title. You can add details in the body of your post, but please keep it under 600 characters.
>3. Closed-Ended Questions Only: Questions should be closed-ended, meaning they can be answered with a clear, factual response. Avoid questions that ask for opinions instead of facts.
>4. Be Polite and Civil: Personal attacks, harassment, or inflammatory behavior will be removed. Repeated offenses may result in a ban. Any homophobic, transphobic, racist, sexist, or bigoted remarks will result in an immediate ban.
>1. Medical or pharmaceutical questions
>2. Legal or legality-related questions
>3. Technical/meta questions (help with Reddit)
This list is not exhaustive, so we recommend reviewing the full rules for more details on content limits.
✓ Mark your answers!
>If your question has been answered, please reply with Answered!! to the response that best fit your question. This helps the community stay organized and focused on providing useful answers.
My mom effectively refuses to do anything considered exercise adjacent. She’s in her 70’s and struggles to maintain balance. Sometimes I catch her walking backwards because she can’t get the motor function to move forward. Years ago I tried to go through some very basic, modified exercises to promote balance and some mobility. She’s seemingly in a camp of exercise is only for those bodybuilder types.
The thing that scares me is I’ve heard some people from the younger generation think exercise is one of those boomer things. Like the benefits of raising your heart rate and doing some mobility stuff is some crazy myth.
Probably obesity. Most of my patients with a BMI of thirty don’t think they are that big because they have relatives with a BMI of 50 (I’m in a very fat state). The younger ones don’t halve htn, ckd, or DM yet.
Necrotizing fasciitis starts quiet. A small cut, a bruise, maybe a bug bite. Nothing big. But the pain grows fast, deep, sharp, wrong. The skin swells. Turns red. Then black. Flesh dies.
Doctors call it “flesh-eating.” They arent kidding. It spreads fast, kills faster. If they don’t cut it out quick, it takes limbs. Sometimes lives. One in four don’t make it.
Strep throat. When left untreated it can develop into rheumatic fever, and if that’s not treated properly it can become rheumatic heart disease. It sadly effects a lot of children that live in poverty.
This is a personal thing, but I’d say shingles. A friend of mine told me he’d got it and I thought “ha what the fuck is shingles? That sounds like an old man disease!” then I looked it up and realized how serious it was
Psoriasis. Some cases are severe and they impact quality of life, self esteem, and comfort. It sounds minor when you read about it, but when you have a serious case it’s a downward spiral, you stop going out, you exercise less. And the medications for it are super harmful and do jackshit most of the time. The one meds that work for those cases is a category of meds that cost 30000-50000$ a year. And there is no cure. It’s not deadly, or that dangerous, you’re prone to more infection, some of the meds suppress the immune system, but overall it sucks.
If you’re unlucky enough you also get a rare form of arthritis with it.
If you have insurance it can take 2-5 years to rule out the cheaper meds as a solution cause insurances want to avoid covering the expensive ones as much as possible.
I lost the last 2 years of my 20s and the first few of my 30s trying to get on those meds. Those years were spent with random joint pain, avoiding going out in public, cause you look like a walking plaque of dry skin and you shed that everywhere. Basically the poster child for scabies, even if that’s not what you have. You itch all the time, your skin randomly cracks and bleeds, and when you start scratching you just can’t stop until it bleeds.
The fun part is that stress makes the thing worse and well it does cause a lot of stress in itself. The anxiety easily leads to staying home, over eating, moving less. The itching and anxiety also destroys your sleep quality.
I’m on the nice meds now, but I got a hell of a way to get back to health and quite a few other conditions to deal with due to the mental nightmare it turned into.
That’s mostly because of the delays to get the good meds though. Because right off the bat, my doctor knew I would need those, but insurance still wants you to spend a year on various creams, 6-10 months on one medication, 6-10 months on another medication all the while going to a luminothérapie clinic 3 times a week. Add on delays for appointments for blood draws to make sure the meds are not killing you and the whole thing stretches over 3-5 years.
The nice expensive meds took 4 weeks to fix the issue. I have to take them every 2 weeks to keep it under control, but they work.
Diabetes, it’s more than just monitoring blood levels. It can affect eyesight, circulation plus other stuff. It may also mean they can’t legally drive and need more regular breaks when working.
Sleep apnea. It call kill you, and even if it doesn’t kill you outright, it can lead to early onset dementia/alzhiemers if left untreated. It makes it nearly impossible for your brain to go into deep sleep, which your brain needs to function properly.
I suffer from Chronic Heart Failure…I guit recreational drugs and alcohol and nicotine 23 years ago..i try to exercise daily ..some days are worse than others,though..I still have to struggle with it..is the damage I did when I was young,dumb and fun the cause of CHF … I just can’t get over the feeling of being sick 🤢
Comments
📣 Reminder for our users
>1. Check the rules: Please take a moment to review our rules, Reddiquette, and Reddit’s Content Policy.
>2. Clear question in the title: Make sure your question is clear and placed in the title. You can add details in the body of your post, but please keep it under 600 characters.
>3. Closed-Ended Questions Only: Questions should be closed-ended, meaning they can be answered with a clear, factual response. Avoid questions that ask for opinions instead of facts.
>4. Be Polite and Civil: Personal attacks, harassment, or inflammatory behavior will be removed. Repeated offenses may result in a ban. Any homophobic, transphobic, racist, sexist, or bigoted remarks will result in an immediate ban.
🚫 Commonly Asked Prohibited Question Subjects:
>1. Medical or pharmaceutical questions
>2. Legal or legality-related questions
>3. Technical/meta questions (help with Reddit)
This list is not exhaustive, so we recommend reviewing the full rules for more details on content limits.
✓ Mark your answers!
>If your question has been answered, please reply with
Answered!!to the response that best fit your question. This helps the community stay organized and focused on providing useful answers.I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.
The flu.
Living. 100% of people who live die.
Untreated mental disorders.
Sadly people who won’t get help end up dying from issues related to their mental problems, and sometimes end up killing others too.
Be aware of the behavior of people.
I just don’t believe enough women realize the importance of strength training to prevent osteoporosis.
Being sedentary.
My mom effectively refuses to do anything considered exercise adjacent. She’s in her 70’s and struggles to maintain balance. Sometimes I catch her walking backwards because she can’t get the motor function to move forward. Years ago I tried to go through some very basic, modified exercises to promote balance and some mobility. She’s seemingly in a camp of exercise is only for those bodybuilder types.
The thing that scares me is I’ve heard some people from the younger generation think exercise is one of those boomer things. Like the benefits of raising your heart rate and doing some mobility stuff is some crazy myth.
Every day I feel like we’re closer to Idiocracy.
Trump derangement syndrome.
IBS. Comes and goes, so people think you’re faking it. Out of nowhere you’re in pain, hard to predict.
Its amazing how sore guts effects everything you do.
obesity
childhood trauma / complex ptsd (non-acute)
mouth breathing
sleep disorders
Aortic aneurysm of the brain.
Obesity
Acute Reddititis
Inflammation.
Any disease affects the body in the long term.
Fibromyalgia.
It affects every system of the body and can come and go having different severities every day.
Some doctors don’t even believe it is a real disorder even tho it has been added to the medical literature for a while now.
Probably obesity. Most of my patients with a BMI of thirty don’t think they are that big because they have relatives with a BMI of 50 (I’m in a very fat state). The younger ones don’t halve htn, ckd, or DM yet.
Another is sleep apnea
Depression. It’s not just being sad for a while.
Gum disease. Can directly affect aorta of heart with infection. Not good!
Oddly rabies.
They don’t take the vaccinations seriously for their pets and I’ve seen so many people getting close to rabid animals.
Gum disease
High blood pressure – quietly , unnoticed , it does harm to your whole system.
ME/CFS
Necrotizing fasciitis starts quiet. A small cut, a bruise, maybe a bug bite. Nothing big. But the pain grows fast, deep, sharp, wrong. The skin swells. Turns red. Then black. Flesh dies.
Doctors call it “flesh-eating.” They arent kidding. It spreads fast, kills faster. If they don’t cut it out quick, it takes limbs. Sometimes lives. One in four don’t make it.
It looks small at first. That’s the danger.
Autoimmune diseases.
Strep throat. When left untreated it can develop into rheumatic fever, and if that’s not treated properly it can become rheumatic heart disease. It sadly effects a lot of children that live in poverty.
Endometriosis
Sleep apnea, brushed off as snoring or something else and you die without even realising
This is a personal thing, but I’d say shingles. A friend of mine told me he’d got it and I thought “ha what the fuck is shingles? That sounds like an old man disease!” then I looked it up and realized how serious it was
Penile craneitus, it turns people into dickheads.
Not using it. Staying strong, agile and coordinated is worth everything until you can’t get through simplest tasks.
Stress
Psoriasis. Some cases are severe and they impact quality of life, self esteem, and comfort. It sounds minor when you read about it, but when you have a serious case it’s a downward spiral, you stop going out, you exercise less. And the medications for it are super harmful and do jackshit most of the time. The one meds that work for those cases is a category of meds that cost 30000-50000$ a year. And there is no cure. It’s not deadly, or that dangerous, you’re prone to more infection, some of the meds suppress the immune system, but overall it sucks.
If you’re unlucky enough you also get a rare form of arthritis with it.
If you have insurance it can take 2-5 years to rule out the cheaper meds as a solution cause insurances want to avoid covering the expensive ones as much as possible.
I lost the last 2 years of my 20s and the first few of my 30s trying to get on those meds. Those years were spent with random joint pain, avoiding going out in public, cause you look like a walking plaque of dry skin and you shed that everywhere. Basically the poster child for scabies, even if that’s not what you have. You itch all the time, your skin randomly cracks and bleeds, and when you start scratching you just can’t stop until it bleeds.
The fun part is that stress makes the thing worse and well it does cause a lot of stress in itself. The anxiety easily leads to staying home, over eating, moving less. The itching and anxiety also destroys your sleep quality.
I’m on the nice meds now, but I got a hell of a way to get back to health and quite a few other conditions to deal with due to the mental nightmare it turned into.
That’s mostly because of the delays to get the good meds though. Because right off the bat, my doctor knew I would need those, but insurance still wants you to spend a year on various creams, 6-10 months on one medication, 6-10 months on another medication all the while going to a luminothérapie clinic 3 times a week. Add on delays for appointments for blood draws to make sure the meds are not killing you and the whole thing stretches over 3-5 years.
The nice expensive meds took 4 weeks to fix the issue. I have to take them every 2 weeks to keep it under control, but they work.
Well my Multiple Sclerosis (SPMS) is a ‘kick in the head & rear’ that most could never begin to comprehend for one.
ADHD. It is destroying my life.
Diabetes, it’s more than just monitoring blood levels. It can affect eyesight, circulation plus other stuff. It may also mean they can’t legally drive and need more regular breaks when working.
Sleep apnea. It call kill you, and even if it doesn’t kill you outright, it can lead to early onset dementia/alzhiemers if left untreated. It makes it nearly impossible for your brain to go into deep sleep, which your brain needs to function properly.
IMO .. freakin arthritis is a real pain.
I can’t even sleep in my bed anymore. I have to sleep in a recliner.
Hypermobility disorders. The quality of your connective tissues impacts more than just your ability to be flexible.
I suffer from Chronic Heart Failure…I guit recreational drugs and alcohol and nicotine 23 years ago..i try to exercise daily ..some days are worse than others,though..I still have to struggle with it..is the damage I did when I was young,dumb and fun the cause of CHF … I just can’t get over the feeling of being sick 🤢
Being religious
Count Choculitis
Undiagnosed/untreated insomnia
eating ultra processed foods and not exercising.